cassandra_m
"You don't make progress by standing on the sidelines, whimpering and complaining. You make progress by implementing ideas." -Shirley Chisholm
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Late Night Video — Worldwide Rebel Song
Tom Morello (as The Nightwatchman) was asked to perform at the Teamsters and rocked the house with the uncensored version of This Land is Your Land and a song he wrote called Worldwide Rebel Song.
Late Night Video — Senators Tell LGBT Youth That It Gets Better
This is excellent — several U.S. Senators film another bit of support to LGBT youth, sending the message that it does get better. MANY props to Senator Chris Coons who is a big participant here.
Another Edition of IOKIYAR — Christine O’Donnell Saved by the GOP
So the rest of the story of how the FEC charges against O’Donnell got dropped finally comes out. And she is saved from having to account for her mismanagement of campaign funds by the Republican commissioners on the FEC.
Watching the CRI Sink Into Irrevelancy
Not that they were especially relevant in the first place. Their factually-challenged and ideologically-driven attempts to join the *debate* has largely been a flop, yet we find John Stapleford has been able to get more space at the NJ editorial page to try to sow their confusion to Delawareans.
Late Night Video — What Killed the Dream?
This is from the Change to Win people, who encourage folks to attend the events of the Speak Out for Good Jobs Tour.
Wall Street ‘No Snitchin’ Culture
That is the topic of a new piece by Ted Kaufman today. According to Kaufman, the common wisdom among bankers is that the biggest six of the Too Big To Fail banks ought to be broken up or at least subject to greater regulatory requirements. And why don’t you hear more about this? Apparently the No Snitchin’ culture is big among the Joseph A. Banks-suited set too.
Governor Jack Markell on Morning Joe
A clip of the Governor’s appearance on Morning Joe this AM is up and here for you to check out
Late Night Video — When Will CNN & MSNBC Stop Giving Air Time to Anti-gay Bigots?
Dan Savage asks this really important question, and observes that society may be close to a tipping point where anti-gay bigotry may finally be unacceptable to the larger American society.
Calling Out the House’s Casino Opponents
Which is what Representative Dennis E. Williams does in his piece in the NJ this AM called House Bill 146 would create more jobs than Bloom Energy.
Dan Pfeiffer Gets Grilled At Netroots Nation
Netroots Nation is happening this weekend in Minneapolis, where Dan Pfeiffer came to spend an hour (or so) in front of this audience to answer questions from Kalli Joy Gray. A number of the questions she asked came from online viewers and twitter. A few of the questions are silly, but this is a very […]
Late Night Video — A Short Film About F**king Bureaucracy
From Roger Ebert’s blog — this great short film that gives the usual travails of dealing with the bureaucracy something of a Tarantino treatment:
Public Workshops for the Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Plan
The Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad Byway Corridor in Delaware is the next leg of a Byway that traces one of the major routes for escorting persons held in slavery in the South to the North. The Delaware portion would be the second piece of this Byway, connecting the the Maryland portion that ends at the MD-DE line.
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